Australia Women will square off against India Women in the 1st T20I of the India Women tour of Australia 2026 scheduled to be played on Sunday, 15th February at 1:45 PM IST. The match will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. Check out the best AUS-W vs IND-W Dream11 team tips, player stats, pitch report, top fantasy picks and dream11 prediction team.

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India Women will begin their campaign on this tour and will be eager to carry forward their confidence after a successful 50-over World Cup victory earlier this year. Both teams come into this contest in strong form, with Australia Women and India Women each winning their last five matches in this format.

However, Australia have held the upper hand in recent meetings, winning four of the last five encounters, while India have managed just one victory.

Smriti Mandhana stands out as the top choice for the captaincy role, having scored 4,102 runs in this format. Ashleigh Gardner, who has been a consistent performer with both bat and ball and has scored 1,411 runs along with 78 wickets, comes up as the leading option for the vice captaincy role.

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Pitch Report

*The stats are based on the WT20I matches played at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Pitch type – Generally balanced / batter-friendly
Batting 1st Won – 3 matches
Batting 2nd Won – 1 match
Average 1st innings score – 131 runs

AUS-W vs IND-W Probable Playing XI

Australia Women: Phoebe Litchfield, George Harriss, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Darcie Brown, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt

India Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur

AUS-W vs IND-W Dream11 Player Stats

Player NameT20I Stats
Deepti Sharma1107 runs & 152 wickets
Harmanpreet Kaur3784 runs & 32 wickets
Smriti Mandhana4102 runs
Ashleigh Gardner1411 runs & 78 wickets
Beth Mooney3381 runs
Ellyse Perry2173 runs & 126 wickets

AUS-W vs IND-W Dream11 Team

AUS-W vs IND-W Dream11 Team
AUS-W vs IND-W Dream11 Prediction

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